Standing/surfing on the virtual wall of Israel ...
not being blinded by being among the trees ...
but seeing the whole forest as it is ...
watching the horizon and using over-the-horizon radar ...
for signs of the coming storm ...
THE HOLY ROMAN ...
Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the new Vatican secretary of state, says that the Church continues to be tempted by the Arian heresy, the idea that Christ is not God. The cardinal acknowledged that "one of the main problems of our time is the problem of Christology." "If Christ's divinity is doubted," the foundation of Christianity is doubted, he said.
[WAR: Is Christ God now? YES! Was Christ God when he walked the Earth and preached the gospel? NO!! Was Christ God before his birth? YES! And John clearly warns us that THE main problem at the beginning of the COG - and also here at the end - is that most deny that Christ came in the flesh. So yes, "the foundation of Christianity is doubted", because it was founded by those who denied that Christ had came in the flesh - those who had left the COG to proclaim their heresy of "God with us" (taking out the "is"), "God in the flesh" and "fully man and fully God"!!]
"Where God is excluded from the public forum," the Pope said, "the sense of offense against God -- the true sense of sin -- dissipates, just as when the absolute value of moral norms is relativized the categories of good or evil vanish, along with individual responsibility."
Pope Benedict XVI has produced an annotated version of the speech that he delivered in Regensburg in an effort to clarify his intent. In comments that he includes as footnotes to the annotated text the Pontiff affirms his respect for Muslims, and emphasizes that a quote from Emperor Manuel II Paelologus was not intended as an affront to Islam.
Former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami has cancelled plans to meet with Pope Benedict XVI this month.
... EMPIRE OF THE GERMAN NATION
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday vowed her government would stand by a deal under which all of Germany's nuclear power stations are to be closed in the next 15 years.
[WAR: This is probably her politically-fatal mistake - Edmund Stoiber will now plunge the knife deep into her back.]
The only consensus surrounding Chancellor Merkel's energy summit yesterday is that there is none on the issue within her grand coalition government, which cannot seem to agree upon a comprehensive national energy strategy for Germany.
The announcement by North Korea on Monday that it had successfully tested a nuclear weapon caused alarm around the world. German newspapers on Tuesday speculated about what the international community should do next.
EUROPE/RUSSIA
"Carrying out the test was unacceptable," the EU said in a statement, adding that "the test profoundly jeopardizes regional stability and represents a severe threat to international peace and security."
Armed with oil and natural gas revenues worth billions of dollars, Russian President Vladimir Putin plans to buy his way into Germany's and Europe's key industries. But he is likely to encounter a skeptical Chancellor Angela Merkel when he visits Berlin today.
MIDEAST/AFRICA/ASIA
In a video address broadcast Sunday night to thousands of Christian tourists who came to Israel, Olmert emphasized the holiness of the "City of God" and said that he was committed that Jerusalem "remain the united and undivided the capital for the Jewish people."
A far-right Israeli MP visited Islam’s third holiest shrine yesterday, drawing angry warnings that the visit to the Jerusalem mosque compound could spark violence.
1,300 years after decisive Battle of Tours, Muslims still wonder why they lost. Historians calculate that the Umayyad Caliphate was the mightiest military power on earth in the year 732. That the defeat occurred during Ramadan, the Islamic holy days, still rankles many Muslims.
Islamist rulers in Mogadishu, Somalia’s capital, have declared a holy war against Ethiopia, after hundreds of Ethiopian soldiers reportedly invaded Somalia. The risk of a regional conflict is growing.
POUNDING PERSIA
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss Iran's nuclear program with Russian President Vladimir Putin today.
"Iran's position is clear and Iran on principle believes in a world free of nuclear weapons," Tehran’s foreign ministry spokesman said yesterday.
The World is at the crossroads of the most serious crisis in modern history. The US has embarked on a military adventure, "a long war", which threatens the future of humanity. This article documents recent developments, focusing on military deployment and preparations in the event of a US led war on Iran.
The former Middle East bureau chief for The New York Times and author of the bestseller “War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning” reports on Bush’s plan for Iran, and how a callous war, conceived by zealots, will lead to a disaster of biblical proportions. "War with Iran - a war that would unleash an apocalyptic scenario in the Middle East - could begin in as little as three weeks."
Paranoid Protestant Prophecy Propagandist...
By testing a nuclear weapon now in defiance of the United States and the IAEA, North Korea has again focused attention on how few options the U.S. truly has left in dealing with the two remaining members of the original "Axis of Evil."
HOUSE OF ISRAEL
The USA prepares to launch a nuclear war with Russia in December, The Washington Post wrote. It will be a “toy variant” of the war so far. US generals have developed a new scenario of missile tests, in which Russia remains one of the conditional enemies of the USA.
According to Washington Post editor, Bob Woodward whose new book State of Denial is giving the White House a political headache, Kissinger has been advising Bush behind the scenes for some time during his regular visits to the White House.
From Latin America to Central Asia, from the Middle East to the Far East, it is clear that Washington has lost its clout, the inevitable outcome of a unilateral foreign policy which was bound to gain enemies and make no friends.
The invisible shows the extraordinary character of these fine people. During this whole process you never saw a finger of blame being pointed at anyone, including the gunman who took innocent life from the Amish community.
What, they wondered, can we do to help the family of the shooter? The Amish, it seems, don't automatically translate their grieving into revenge. Meanwhile, the United States culture from which the Amish are isolated is moving in the other direction.
ECONOMY
Russia’s Economic Minister German Gref has presented a concept of an independent pricing system for Russian oil at a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. The Russian Fuel and Energy Exchange in St. Petersburg and futures trading of Russia’s REBCO crude oil are to become key elements of Russia’s pricing independence from North Sea’s Brent brand.
MISC
Governments intervene in our markets... Ohio tracks cons with RFID... Paraguay quits backing Bush...2.5 Billion for security sensors that wont work... HPBoss under investigation... What Sen. John McCain is really out for...
Bandages containing fluids secreted by maggots could help accelerate the body's healing process, research suggests. The fluids produced by maggots contain enzymes that actually accelerate tissue repair.
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